Which Is Healthier: Eggs Or Egg Whites?

We've cracked the case

Eggs have hit the headlines several times in recent months, but it can be tough to know what to make of the news. Either eggs are worse for your health than cigarettes, or they're nutritional perfection. So which is it?

Well, according to a major new meta-analysis published in the British Medical Journal, eggs aren’t doing your body any harm. Researchers from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in China reviewed 17 reports involving eggs and coronary heart disease or stroke. Taken together, the studies involved millions of people, and researchers saw no linear association between egg consumption and risk of heart disease or stroke. Even eating an egg every day isn't associated with any increased risk of either condition, they concluded.

The Huazhong researchers may have settled the egg debate, but one question still remains: what about egg whites? Without the cholesterol-filled yolk, could they be the healthiest option on the market? Find out which egg scrambles the competition in our latest Health-Food Face Off: Eggs Vs. Egg Whites.